Ringwood East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,748 people in Ringwood East of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Ringwood East was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in Ringwood East aged 15 years and over, 46.7% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ringwood East was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Ringwood East, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ringwood East was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Ringwood East 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.9% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 23.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ringwood East were English 28.1%, Australian 27.0%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 7.5% and Chinese 3.7%.

In Ringwood East, 73.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.1%, India 1.7%, Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 1.5% and New Zealand 1.4%.

In Ringwood East, 55.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ringwood East were No Religion 29.1%, Catholic 20.5%, Anglican 13.0%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Baptist 3.8%.

In Ringwood East 81.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.2%, Cantonese 1.4%, Greek 0.7%, German 0.5% and Chin Haka 0.5%.

Employment

There were 5,017 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ringwood East. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 30.1% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ringwood East, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ringwood East was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Ringwood East included Professionals 24.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Managers 11.6%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Labourers 7.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Ringwood East, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Hospitals 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.4% and Building Installation Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ringwood East was $618.

In Ringwood East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.9%, Train 8.2%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Walked only 1.8% and Train, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 13.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ringwood East, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Ringwood East, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ringwood East, 43.3% were couple families with children, 37.3% were couple families without children and 17.5% were one parent families.

In Ringwood East 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ringwood East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,193 and those without children was $2,038.

Employment status of couple families

In Ringwood East, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ringwood East, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ringwood East, 71.6% were separate houses, 24.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Ringwood East, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 31.3% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ringwood East, 34.2% were owned outright, 36.9% were owned with a mortgage and 26.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Ringwood East, of all households, 66.2% were family households, 30.5% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Ringwood East, 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Ringwood East, 41.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ringwood East, there were 45 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 46.7%) were male and 24 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 28 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Ringwood East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Ringwood East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $294 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.